Deborah Kerr (1921–2007)

cul-de-sac Director: Roman Polanski

Match Factory Girl 1990

Iris: [Iris is buying rat-poison] How does it effect?
Pharmacist: It kills.
Iris: Good.






Director:
Aki Kaurismäki

Made in U.S.A. Godard 1966

Director:
Jean-Luc Godard

Night and the City 1950

Director: Jules Dassin


Adam Dunne: Harry is an artist without an art.
Mary Bristol: What does that mean?
Adam Dunne: Well, that is something that could make a man very unhappy, Mary, groping for the right level, the means with which to express himself.
Mary Bristol: Yes, he is that. Is not he? I like that, Adam. It is a very nice thought.
Adam Dunne: Yes, but it can be dangerous.

Thieves Highway 1949 Director: Jules Dassin

Nico 'Nick' Garcos: Hey, do you like apples?
Rica: Everybody likes apples, except doctors.
Nico 'Nick' Garcos: Do you know what it takes to get an apple so you can sink your beautiful teeth in it? You gotta stuff rags up tailpipes, farmers gotta get gypped, you jack up trucks with the back of your neck, universals conk out...
Rica: I don't know what are you talking about, but I have a new respect for apples.





Nico 'Nick' Garcos: You look like chipped glass.

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

Directed by J. Blakeson.



Ex-cons Vic and Danny plot out and then execute the kidnapping of Alice Creed, the daughter of a wealthy businessman, for a ransom. Power shifts from one character to another to another and you're never certain who has the upperhand.



Arterton is particularly great as Alice.